I have a passion for clients who are struggling with transitional issues such as the following: depression, work & family balance; grief & loss; adolescent & parenting; separation & divorce; blending & step-parenting; to name a few. Helping to prepare individuals & families for life events and crisis's is a pillar of my practice. I bring years of personal experience, expertise, training, and educational focus in marriage and family systemic based therapy, results oriented treatments and solutions for all involved! I look forward to speaking about how we can work together to meet your goals and objectives. My specialty focuses on relationships and emotional connections that I believe are two of the most powerful forces which move individuals into searches for transformation and healing. I use pluralistic approaches centered on a theoretical orientation of attachment and neuro-personal psychology based on solid, proven methodologies,treatments & solutions. I combine a past history of 25 years, corporate career with a psychotherapy practice, concentrating on individuals, couples and families with a systemic focus and working towards becoming a Registered Play Therapist. Please go to my website www.collaboratecounseling.com for full outline of practice, expertise, training's, and experience.

As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you solve your problems that impede your happiness and well being. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve the current challenges in your life. You may be depressed, anxious, struggling with addiction or feeling stuck in old patterns that leave you feeling hopeless. Perhaps you are your own worse critic, habitually repeating negative, harsh, or judgmental messages to yourself. Or, you may be facing overwhelming challenges with your spouse or significant other. I have been helping people overcome these and many other life issues for over 15 years. My therapy style is warm and compassionate but also very active. I believe that therapy needs to produce insight as well as a change in behavior.

Since its inception in 1990, Windhorse Community Services, Inc., (WCS) has offered home-based treatment and recovery options to residents of Boulder, Colorado. Clients have also temporarily relocated to Boulder from around the United States to participate in our service, seeking complementary or alternative treatment to mainstream psychiatric care.

WCS has worked with clients with a wide range of diagnoses and conditions, including schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, affective disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders, personality disorders, closed-head injuries, obsessive-compulsive disorders, pervasive developmental disorders, autism, challenges of aging, and terminal illnesses. Each treatment we design is conducted as a unique process. Every attempt is made to match the clinician to the needs of the client.

My approach to therapy is based on empathy, mindfulness and healthy attachment. I provide gentle guidance and challenge old limiting narratives and maladaptive behaviors. This exploration can and often does involve humor, the development of emotional fluency, and mind-body exploration. I am honored to enter into the sacred space of therapy together with my clients. In addition to thoughtful dialogue, I draw upon experiential therapeutic tools such as visualization, art therapy, psychodrama and role-play, and body awareness. I specialize in working with women's issues, eating disorders, intimacy/couples/relational issues, identity issues, anxiety/depression and moving through traumatic experiences. We all contain the inner wisdom to heal ourselves and move towards being an authentic, positive and loving person. The courage to be vulnerable --by moving toward our pain and confusion as well as our joy--utterly transforms and frees us.